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Further bots involved in vandal fighting (besides ClueBot~\cite{GeiRib2010} and ClueBot NG~\cite{GeiHal2013}, \cite{HalRied2012}) discussed by the literature include:
Further bots involved in vandal fighting (besides ClueBot~\cite{GeiRib2010} and ClueBot NG~\cite{GeiHal2013}, \cite{HalRied2012}) discussed by the literature include:
XLinkBot (which reverts edits containing links to domains blacklisted as spam)~\cite{HalRied2012},
XLinkBot (which reverts edits containing links to domains blacklisted as spam)~\cite{HalRied2012},
HBC AIV Helperbots (responsible for various maintenance tasks which help to keep entries on the Administrator intervention against vandalism (AIV) dashboard up-to-date)~\cite{HalRied2012}, \cite{GeiRib2010},
HBC AIV Helperbots (responsible for various maintenance tasks which help to keep entries on the Administrator intervention against vandalism (AIV) dashboard up-to-date)~\cite{HalRied2012}, \cite{GeiRib2010},
MartinBot and AntiVandalBot (one of the first rule-based bots which detected obvious cases of vandalism)~\cite{HalRied2012},
MartinBot~\cite{Wikipedia:MartinBot} and AntiVandalBot~\cite{Wikipedia:AntiVandalBot} (one of the first rule-based bots which detected obvious cases of vandalism)~\cite{HalRied2012},
DumbBOT and EmausBot (which do batch cleanup tasks)~\cite{GeiHal2013}.
DumbBOT~\cite{Wikipedia:DumbBOT} and EmausBot~\cite{Wikipedia:EmausBot} (which do batch cleanup tasks)~\cite{GeiHal2013}.
Very crucial for the current analysis will also be Livingstone's observation in the preamble to his interview with the first large scale bot operator Ram-man that
Very crucial for the current analysis will also be Livingstone's observation in the preamble to his interview with the first large scale bot operator Ram-man that
``[i]n the Wikimedia software, there are tasks that do all sorts of things [...].
``[i]n the Wikimedia software, there are tasks that do all sorts of things [...].